Grim fairy tales: the rhetorical construction of American welfare policy

Welfare legislation is symbolic : an introduction

American social welfare policy in context, 1600-1935

American social welfare policy in context, 1936-2003

"Are we going to now govern by anecdote?" : a portrait of the misfortunate, the feckless, the young, and the fathers

Legislating a "normal classic family" : the rhetorical construction of families in American welfare policy

In search of an exigence to warrant reform : public opinion, policy research, and anecdotal evidence

American welfare policy and the ineluctable appeal of language : conclusion and implications.